offshore
IPA: ˈɔfʃˈɔr
noun
- An area or or portion of sea away from the shore.
- An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore.
- Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country.
verb
- To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, usually seeking lower business costs, like labor.
adjective
- Moving away from the shore.
- Located in the sea away from the coast.
- Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws or labor costs.
adverb
- Away from the shore.
- At some distance from the shore.
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Examples of "offshore" in Sentences
- The worst of the storm stayed offshore.
- The city includes the offshore island of Hatsushima.
- The offshore environment is also corrosive and abrasive.
- The isle is located west of the main offshore island of Tidra.
- The offshore reefs are considered some of the finest in the world.
- It is known for basketry, for rugmaking and for its offshore islands.
- The Ambon scorpionfish lives just offshore on the bottom of the ocean.
- The waves break further offshore and therefore reduce their erosive power.
- As the continent drifted to the west, the hotspot gradually moved offshore.
- They are then interned in offshore pens where they are fattened for the market.
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